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I had to make one too. For some reason, the Borgeson hybrid coupler has a longer housing.
The thin factory seal retainer can be difficult to secure.
There have been times that I have complained about it on forums only to have a few guys say that they have never had a problem with them.
No...they are thin and too damn flimsy. They bend too easily. The last one I did, I did off the car. I had to take needlenose pliers and bend two tangs first, then slip it over the coupler and use a nail punch and hammer to bend the others over. It worked.
Almost every time I've installed a steering column to a Mopar steering box, the splines engage so tight, I have to tap on the coupler to get it to slide on. Doing this with that thin retainer in place means bending and distorting that retainer, then it wont lay flat no matter what you do. It really is a shitty design.
The thin factory seal retainer can be difficult to secure.
There have been times that I have complained about it on forums only to have a few guys say that they have never had a problem with them.
No...they are thin and too damn flimsy. They bend too easily. The last one I did, I did off the car. I had to take needlenose pliers and bend two tangs first, then slip it over the coupler and use a nail punch and hammer to bend the others over. It worked.
Almost every time I've installed a steering column to a Mopar steering box, the splines engage so tight, I have to tap on the coupler to get it to slide on. Doing this with that thin retainer in place means bending and distorting that retainer, then it wont lay flat no matter what you do. It really is a shitty design.